coalmine
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[edit]coalmine (plural coalmines)
- Alternative form of coal mine.
- 1983, William Hinton, “Two Dams and a Railroad”, in Shenfan[1], New York: Vintage Books, published 1984, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 226:
- Work on the new railroad that thrust its way up onto the Shangtang: Plateau from the old railhead at the huge coalmine of Chiaotso in the Yellow River Valley went on for three years.